Proverbs 17:24
Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
In Context
23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.
Ecclesiastes 2:14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? the wisedome of a man doth make his face to shine: and the strength of his face shalbe changed.
1 John 2:16For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:24
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. See here, 1. What an evil thing bribery is: He is a wicked man that will take a gift to engage him to give a false testimony, verdict, or judgment; when he does it he is ashamed of it, for he takes it, with all the secresy imaginable, out of the bosom where he knows it is laid ready for him; it is industriously concealed, and so slyly that, if he could, he would hide it from his own conscience. A gift is taken out of the bosom of a… Read the whole commentary →